Transpasific Cruise

October - November 2016
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  • Day 12

    Flow rider

    October 19, 2016, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Cruise day 11 & 12

    After basically sleeping and chilling most of day 10 on the ship after a full out 3 days in Hawaii I tried my hand on the Flow rider.

    My first run lasted an amazing 4 seconds 😜. FYI this is nothing like snowboarding 🏂.

    The second and third time I actually stayed on for over a minute before wiping out.

    This is good fun!

    {Roedolf}
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  • Day 13

    Day 13

    October 20, 2016, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    It's the First time watching a movie out of a jacuzzi tonight, terrible movie though, Hail Caesar, it might have good actors but thats about it.

    We Met a lovely South African couple from Sydney, could not tell the "oompie" is 73 !! He is fit as a fiddle and sharp!! He was very interested in the prone cobras we did in the gym. He's stories makes me miss my Oupa Samie. I couldn't help giggling when he introduced he's wife Magdeleen ( Roedolf's dream girl name for our unborn daughter but not universal enough for my standards) . He gave us his views on ageing, apparently it's sudden like a cliff. The way he explained it with his hand gestures was witty and will stay with me forever.

    {Issy}
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  • Day 13

    Day 11 @sea

    October 20, 2016, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

    Rainy day at sea, smashed leg day, watched a movie & a live mentalist show. It was a first, I found it interesting how he only "guess" positive things about people in the crowd, its creepy and fascinating at the same time.

    We Celebrated at one of the Specialty restaurants, Chops Grille , tonight. The food was amazing. The mushroom soup & scallops with bacon and caramelized onions were to die for.

    {Issy}
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    Day 12 @sea

    October 20, 2016, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    A beautiful day at sea, Roedolf is mastering the flow rider and I put my wall climbing skills to test. My arms were very shaky, think the lady that broke her finger last week got a bit into my head.

    We are Lazing by the pool, reading our books and doing some people watching.

    Watched the ice show this afternoon, 3 of the main female dancers fell during the show!! Ishhh not easy on a moving ship.

    {Issy}
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  • Day 14

    Celebrating crossing the equator

    October 21, 2016, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

    Cruise day 13

    We are celebrating the crossing of the equator with a full day in the sun ☀️.

    Captain said in his daily announcement, we crossed the equator at 2 am last night, which is good as most of us were asleep, so no one felt the bump as we crossed the equator, LOL some people actually believed there was a bump.

    Tanning on the deck, swimming in the pool or chilling in the jacuzzi is the reason I need some after sun today. We even watched a movie on the big screen outside while sitting in the jacuzzi after running 2 miles around the track on the top deck.

    {Roedolf}
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  • Day 14

    Day 14-timetravel crossing the dateline

    October 21, 2016, South Pacific Ocean

    Time zones are were always will be mind boggling. Where does a day truly begin? Well the International date line zig zags down the middle of the Pacific, along the 180 line of longitude, separating two consecutive calendar days. If you cross the line at midnight from the west, you end up repeating the same day. Well, we travel from East to West so we will skip an entire day. A day we will never get back😩 unless we do this cruise in reverse😳 or travel in the opposite direction. In reality we won't have Saturday October 22nd 2016. We will go to be bed on Friday 11.59pm and wake up on Sunday morning. So we will skip my sisters bday?- we will have to celebrate both the 21st and 23rd then. Bizarre really, time is how we measure space. It's how humans find random purpose in the illusion of time.
    Apparently when Magellan and his crew sailed west to circumnavigate the world, upon their return it was a like an extra day has passed. Imaginary lines regulates our every day time-this remains awe are exactly halfway around the planet from Greenwich England.
    To add some extra spice - Last night at 2am we also sailed over equator and we are now in the Southern Hemisphere .
    Well now we can be considered time travelers!! Next up teleportation?
    #timetravel

    {Issy}
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  • Day 14

    Dag14 @see

    October 21, 2016, South Pacific Ocean

    Die nuwe normaal -eindelose seedae langs die swembad. Die Solarium shape vir ons , daars n goeie kombinasie van son koelte en 'n verskeidenheid stoele. Oja en dis ook nie by die helse kabaal van die band langs die hoofswembad nie.Dis ook vandag Roedolf se kantoor, hy kap n werkie.
    Ek verkyk my aan al die mense, skaamteloos in bikini's, of baie knap speedo's ongeag die vetrolle of tekens van ouderdom wat nie heeltemal saamspeel nie. Dis 'n universele stryd almal doen alles en nog wat vir die illusie van jonkeees. Hier en daar is 'n uitstieker middeljarige tannie met klas, wat darm 'n sarong drapeer. Ek dink ek kan n boek skryf na dese. Hoe om soos n supermodel te voel? Gaan op n cruise waar 1.5 % ( 50 uit 3500) passasiers tussen 25 en 35 is.
    Die oumensies praat graag met ons, en as hulle eers eenkeer n geselsie gemaak het moet jy ligloop, veral as jy saam 'n bewegende standbeeld soos Roedolf ronbeweeg. Ek geniet die wyshede en van die mense se interessante reis en lewensstories, maar party breek my bietjie soos die klae kous tannie by die aandete tafel langs ons of van die siele wat te veel vrae vrae.
    Ons altwee stoei met sinus, ek vermoed dis die lugversorgers in die kamer se filters. Dit was heeltemal weg na die drie dae in Hawaii, maar noudat ns weer lank op see is is dit terug. Ek het vanoggend met guestservices gaan praat, en hulle het die maintenance span gestuur so hopelik is dit iets van die verlede. Ons boer buite langs op die dek met die swembad en dit maak onmiddelik ons sinusse oop, verder kap ons sudafed en antihistamine wat ons gelukkig ingepak het.
    {Issy}
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  • Day 15

    Day 10 @sea

    October 22, 2016, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    Monday in the middle of the Pacific; we are pretty far from any land. Reading & bronzing @ the pool deck. We signed up for the step challenge on board, hopefully this keep us motivated to hit the gym & track this week. I attended the spa pamper party, I enjoyed the bubbly & short treatments. Royal Caribbean do this on days which they are clearly not booked at full occupancy. The quality of the short treatments are good, today was shoulder massages and anti aging eye treatments. It's amazing to think that with 3500 people on board only about 30 ladies attend this- whats not to love?

    It is formal night at the dining room tonight, the lobster was divine.

    {Issy}
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  • Day 16

    Fitness cruise

    October 23, 2016, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Cruise day 14 & 15

    So far we have trained at least once every sea day and have been very active on port days.

    12 x Gym sessions, 5 x runs on the track and we are going strong. 💪🏻 It does help that the gym and the track has some of the best views on the ship.

    The gym is full if people fooling themselves spending hours on cardio equipment but nog coming close to the weights. 😜

    I actually weighed the same this morning as I did the day before the cruise. This is unheard of for me as I normally pick up weight in a 7 day cruise.

    {Roedolf}
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  • Day 17

    Remote Fijian island

    October 24, 2016 in Fiji ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    After the shark dive, Clay negotiated to go out again, this time with a bunch of Japanese models who tried snorkeling & diving. What a spectacle!! Roedolf went for a couple more dives but I chose to chill on this beautiful island. The ladies & I cracked ourselves for the athleticism of the models in their " let them eat glitter" tights attempting snorkelling. I snorkeled from the shore, the corals are very close, I spotted a sea snake, nasty yet intriguing!! I must admit I was a bit scared. Blessed to encounter Nemo once again.

    It's evident how the cyclone destroyed the coral, but they are doing a great job to restore it. They use wire triangles & squares to enhance the coral growth.

    The sun disappeared behind the clouds, I walked on the beach with Annie and Nicki to warm up a bit. The guys took longer than planned, but we got a bonus sunset from the water.

    Arrived back in Suva at 8.15pm. It was Great to wash of the saltiness after being out at sea since 8am.

    What an incredible day! I bargained on one afternoon dive given the arrival time of our ship, but we managed to do the 2 shark dives & spent the afternoon on an idyllic location. The day was topped with dinner with our new friends.
    {Issy}
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